Legal framework
Limitation of liability
Although every care has been taken by the National Point of Contact (NPOC) to ensure the accuracy of the information published, no guarantee can be given with regard to the accurate, reliable, up-to-date or complete nature of this information.
The NPOC reserves the right to alter or remove the content, in full or in part, without prior notice.
Liability claims against the NPOC for material or immaterial damage resulting from access to or use or non-use of the published information, from misuse of the connection or from technical faults are excluded.
Copyright
The information contained on the NPOC's websites is made available to the public. Downloading or copying of texts, illustrations, photos or any other data does not entail any transfer of rights with regard to the content.
Copyright and any other rights relating to texts, illustrations, photos or any other data available on the webpages of the NPOC are the exclusive property of the NPOC or of any other expressly mentioned owners. Any reproduction requires the prior written consent of the copyright holder.
Data protection
Legal basis
The handling of personal data at the NPOC is regulated by the Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG, SR 235.1) and the Ordinance to the Federal Act on Data Protection (VDSG, SR 235.11).
Right of access to information, halt to processing and deletion
The right of access to information in accordance with Articles 8 and 9 of the Federal Act on Data Protection (DSG) gives every individual, irrespective of his or her place of residence and nationality, the right to ask the NPOC whether data on him or her is being processed. The right of access to information is the means by which Person can check the processing of their data and request any necessary correction. You can also request a halt to processing or the deletion of your data at any time.
Please contact NPOC's data protection advisor to exercise your right to access information, halt processing or delete your data.
Information automatically stored when you visit our websites
When you access our websites, the following data is stored in log files: IP address (i.e. the unique address that identifies your computer on the Internet), date, time, browser request and generally transmitted information on the operating system or the browser. In accordance with the Federal Act on the Surveillance of Postal and Telecommunications Traffic (SPTA), there is a statutory storage obligation for connection data from the previous six months.
We use these IP addresses, which have been anonymised in advance, to help administer the website and to gather general demographic information for aggregate use.
This usage data forms the basis for statistical anonymous evaluations that enable us to identify trends which we use to improve our offer accordingly.
Use of cookies
We use cookies on a variety of our web pages in order to make your visit to our website more attractive and to facilitate the use of certain functions. Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer. The majority of the cookies we use are deleted from your hard disk when you close your browser session (session cookies), while certain others remain on your computer and enable us to recognise you when you visit our website again (permanent cookies).
You can block or restrict the storage and reading of cookies in your browser. Please note that by doing so you will no longer be able to use certain functions on our website.